What a year! Thanks to you and lots of other socially-conscious consumers, literacy lovers, and book-thirsty readers out there, we crossed over a heap of milestones during 2013. We figured that, given the timing, we’d count them down from 10.

3. October 15th: Celebrating $15 million raised for literacy and libraries. Every book you purchase from us helps fund global literacy efforts, and this was a great day to look at how far your support has carried this initiative.

2. October 15th: Also celebrating 115 million books saved from landfill. We think that many used books have plenty of life left in them, if we can only get them into the hands of people who want or need them. Not only that, but books bought or received by readers are kept from taking up space in a landfill.

1. December 18th: Lots of books given to kids at Santa’s Castle in Storm Lake, Iowa. We donated 5,300 books to this effort as kids visited Santa and received their books. Call us crazy, but it just feels like it fits the spirit of the season.

And we’re not just tooting our horn. You make our impact possible, and we have you to thank for buying books the best way you can online.